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The Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the theoretical and scientific aspects of the study of crime and the practical problems of law enforcement, administration of justice and the treatment of offenders, particularly in the Canadian context.
The Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice is a division of the Faculty of Public Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice (Honours). Concentrations are offered in Sociology, Psychology or Law.
Marxist criminology, conflict criminology, and critical criminology claim that most relationships between state and citizen are non-consensual and, as such, criminal law is not necessarily representative of public beliefs and wishes: it is exercised in the interests of the ruling or dominant class.
From 2014 to 2022, Canada's violent crime rate rose by 43.8% to 434 with 1 violent crime per 100,000 people. In the U.S, the increase was 5.3% to 380 with 7 per 100,000 people. Property crimes in Canada stood at a rate of 2,491 per 100,000 people in 2022, a 7.0% increase since 2014, while U.S. property crimes fell by 24.1%.
In the case of duress the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the statutory provision as violative of s. 7 of the Charter, leaving the broader common law defence instead. Statutory encroachments on the scope of common law defences can violate s. 7 of the Charter if they unacceptably reduce the fault requirement of offences.
By Anna Mehler Paperny. TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's federal government introduced a bill on Thursday aimed at addressing what the justice minister called a "shameful" over-representation of Black ...
The Criminal Code (French: Code criminel) is a law of the Parliament of Canada that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Canada.Its official long title is An Act respecting the Criminal Law (French: Loi concernant le droit criminel).
The American Society of Criminology (ASC) is an international organization based on the campus of Ohio State University whose members focus on the study of crime and delinquency. It aims to grow and disseminate scholarly research, with members working in many disciplines and on different levels in the fields of criminal justice and criminology ...